An after-school art program at Pine Haven Elementary School enhances the creative process and Camilla Landers, elementary art teacher of the year, the after-school program last year with all Pine Haven students, kindergarten through sixth grade. More...
The Benton City Council will present an award for city employee of the month, beginning with the month of January. The first award will be presented at the second council meeting in February, according to Personnel Committee Chairman Bill Donnor. More...
Sunday Hurricane Lake Baptist Church will present the Mercy River Boys in concert Feb. 10 at 6 p.m. Tuesday THEOS members hold their monthly meeting Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 6 p.m. at the Woodall Central Fire Station in Benton. A king and queen will be chosen. The group will have dinner at p.m. Th... More...
A plan to build duplexes in the 900 block of Fairfield Road stalled recently. Benton City Council voted 6-4 against a second reading of a proposed ordinance to rezone the site for duplexes. O'Kelley Construction Co. originally proposed building four-plexes on the land, but scaled the project bac... More...
Jordan Johnson of Little Rock, a 1996 Bryant High School graduate, was the speaker at last week's Bryant Chamber of Commerce banquet. Johnson, who joked that the chamber "couldn't get anybody else," is a UALR Bowen Law School graduate employed by the Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods public relation... More...
Benton Fire Department Thursday, Jan. 24 Units were dispatched and cancelled en route at 1:39 a.m. to 3508 Peachtree Lane. At 3:54 a.m., the department responded to an EMS call to the 800 block of Main Street. At 11:18 a.m., the department received a false alarm to 200 N. Market St. At 12:50 p.... More...
The following couples have applied for a marriage licenses: George R. Jenkins Jr., 32, of Little Rock and Victoria L. Batson, 30, of Bryant Jeffery Lang Manasco, 45, of Benton and Rebecca S. More...
The young trumpeter swans that were moved in midwinter from Iowa to Arkansas are hanging close to the release sites, with a tragic exception. Two of the stately birds, America's largest waterfowl, were killed four days after being release. More...
SPORTS EDITOR'S NOTE: According to the Bauxite Miners 2002-03 Yearbook, the Miners basketball team, led by Tyler Tarver, Chad Varguson, Eric Johnson, Dane Ferguson, Stephen Coleman and Adam Combs, finished with a 15-9 overall record. More...
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